The 'Ribbon' interface Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 provided an innovative approach to the use and layout of toolbars in applications. Following the release, OpenOffice toyed with the idea of creating a similar 'tabbed toolbar' concept for use with its own office suite. Whilst the mock-ups and discussions never bore much in the way of fruit for OpenOffice the idea of a 'ribbon' for use in open-sources apps hasn't been abandoned.
Chrome has them, Firefox has them and, soon, so will GNOME 3. What am I wittering on about? Web apps.
With Google gearing up to launch the Chrome Web Store December 7th now is the perfect time to get a sneak preview of how webapps are going to look in Chrome.
Microsoft have finally launched their free online Office Suite (termed ‘office web app’) to UK users as part of SkyDrive – Microsoft’s cloud storage platform. We’ve all been sent at least one document file created in […]
Want some perfectly placed, ready made Chrome Web App shortcuts but can’t be bothered to do it yourself? Just as you can install Prism apps for several Google webapps, the following PPA contains ready-made Chrome […]
The ChromeOS application menu has some cool icons for web applications, so I cheekily extracted them to use on Ubuntu — and upload here, for your convenience. All are 128×128 and look great in docks […]